Cigarette Quotes

Explore a collection of cigarette quotes that captures the fascination, critique, and cultural imagery surrounding smoke-filled moments. From café musings to cinematic cool, these lines trace themes of habit and ritual, rebellion and restraint, comfort and consequence. Whether you are drawn to stark warnings, sly wit, or reflective confession, you will find voices that illuminate why cigarettes have long occupied a charged corner of art and everyday life. Read with curiosity and care as you consider the moods and meanings behind the words.
Small: As for the herbal cigarettes, for the most part I dont smoke as much as the guys do. Im usually just strutting
"As for the herbal cigarettes, for the most part I don't smoke as much as the guys do. I'm usually just strutting around a bit more so I don't actually have to be inhaling it. I'm lucky because I do have scenes where the cigarettes work beautifully to punctuate certain things I'm saying"
Christina Hendricks, Actress
Small: My mom started smoking when she was 11. She went to the hill next door to try her first cigarette. She set the
"My mom started smoking when she was 11. She went to the hill next door to try her first cigarette. She set the entire hill on fire, but it didn't deter her"
Loni Anderson, Actress
Small: I met the surgeon general - he offered me a cigarette
Rodney Dangerfield
"I met the surgeon general - he offered me a cigarette"
Rodney Dangerfield, Comedian
Small: I sit on my duff, smoke cigarettes and watch TV. Im not exactly a poster girl for healthy living
Lexa Doig
"I sit on my duff, smoke cigarettes and watch TV. I'm not exactly a poster girl for healthy living"
Lexa Doig, Actress
Small: I kissed my first girl and smoked my first cigarette on the same day. I havent had time for tobacco since
"I kissed my first girl and smoked my first cigarette on the same day. I haven't had time for tobacco since"
Arturo Toscanini, Musician
Small: Very intense first summer out, to be 18 years old and never having gone on a date, never having smoked a cigar
"Very intense first summer out, to be 18 years old and never having gone on a date, never having smoked a cigarette, never had a drink, even a sip of beer, never kissed a girl, all of those things. It made for a fairly intense first year out"
Peter Jurasik, Actor
Small: So now Im left with cigarettes, and Im trying to scrape that off my shoe and then Ill be done
"So now I'm left with cigarettes, and I'm trying to scrape that off my shoe and then I'll be done"
Diane Lane, Actress
Small: Avoid using cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs as alternatives to being an interesting person
Marilyn vos Savant
"Avoid using cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs as alternatives to being an interesting person"
Marilyn vos Savant, Author
Small: Ill never feel comfortable taking a strong drink, and Ill never feel easy smoking a cigarette. I just dont thi
Elvis Presley
"I'll never feel comfortable taking a strong drink, and I'll never feel easy smoking a cigarette. I just don't think those things are right for me"
Elvis Presley, Musician
Small: My memory of my mom is a wine glass in one hand and a cigarette in the other. She was a runway fashion model,
"My memory of my mom is a wine glass in one hand and a cigarette in the other. She was a runway fashion model, and she was quite a glamorous woman"
Loni Anderson, Actress
Small: Its amazing to me that young people will still pick up a cigarette
"It's amazing to me that young people will still pick up a cigarette"
Loni Anderson, Actress
Small: Three cigarettes in, your body already craves it. It is that addictive
"Three cigarettes in, your body already craves it. It is that addictive"
Loni Anderson, Actress
Small: In the movies, Bette Davis lights two cigarettes and hands the second one to James Cagney. It was just so glam
"In the movies, Bette Davis lights two cigarettes and hands the second one to James Cagney. It was just so glamorous and romantic"
Loni Anderson, Actress
Small: Then I would have an occasional cigarette and then I started back dipping. I started dipping last year.
"Then I would have an occasional cigarette and then I started back dipping. I started dipping last year. My family has asked me again to stop, and I'm trying my best to do that"
Payne Stewart, Athlete
Small: Im going to sit back, light up, and hope I dont chew the cigarette to pieces
Vin Scully
"I'm going to sit back, light up, and hope I don't chew the cigarette to pieces"
Vin Scully, Celebrity
Small: You know Ive got a chum, a smashing mate, hes got a dog with no legs, and he calls it a cigarette. Its true, y
"You know I've got a chum, a smashing mate, he's got a dog with no legs, and he calls it a cigarette. It's true, yeah, because at nighttime he has to take it out for a drag"
Norman Wisdom, Comedian
Small: There are some circles in America where it seems to be more socially acceptable to carry a hand-gun than a pac
"There are some circles in America where it seems to be more socially acceptable to carry a hand-gun than a packet of cigarettes"
Katherine Whitehorn, Journalist
Small: Theyre talking about banning cigarette smoking now in any place thats used by ten or more people in a week, wh
"They're talking about banning cigarette smoking now in any place that's used by ten or more people in a week, which, I guess, means that Madonna can't even smoke in bed"
Bill Maher, Comedian
Small: We wanted to step off our island and add the color of the third world. We got gold cigarette paper and stuck i
"We wanted to step off our island and add the color of the third world. We got gold cigarette paper and stuck it around our teeth. We really did look like pirates and dressed to look the part"
Vivienne Westwood, Designer
Small: To me, being grown-up meant smoking cigarettes, drinking cocktails, and dressing up in high heels and glamouro
Lorna Luft
"To me, being grown-up meant smoking cigarettes, drinking cocktails, and dressing up in high heels and glamourous outfits"
Lorna Luft, Actress
Small: Smokers, male and female, inject and excuse idleness in their lives every time they light a cigarette
"Smokers, male and female, inject and excuse idleness in their lives every time they light a cigarette"
Sidonie Gabrielle Colette, Novelist
Small: Ten to 20 years out, driving your car will be viewed as equivalently immoral as smoking cigarettes around othe
"Ten to 20 years out, driving your car will be viewed as equivalently immoral as smoking cigarettes around other people is today"
Marc Andreessen, Businessman
Small: Suddenly Star Wars came out while we were on hiatus, and we looked like the old Buck Rogers series, where they
"Suddenly Star Wars came out while we were on hiatus, and we looked like the old Buck Rogers series, where they had cigarette smoke blowing out the back of the rocket ship"
Gregory Harrison, Actor
Small: I was in London. Its a long way to go for a very long party, sitting there for six hours not having a cigarett
"I was in London. It's a long way to go for a very long party, sitting there for six hours not having a cigarette or a drink. It's a waste of time"
Albert Finney, Actor
Small: The gunners mate came up and started breaking the locks on the ammunition. Everything was locked up for fear t
"The gunner's mate came up and started breaking the locks on the ammunition. Everything was locked up for fear that someone might go in there with a cigarette or something"
Barney Ross, Athlete
Small: Well, I met Frank Sinatra and Bob Dylan in the space of 15 minutes. Frank Sinatra kissed me on the lips. He ki
"Well, I met Frank Sinatra and Bob Dylan in the space of 15 minutes. Frank Sinatra kissed me on the lips. He kissed me on the lips. And then he gave me a filterless cigarette. And then I met Bob Dylan. I came off all lightheaded and had to go sit on his dressing-room steps"
Kate Moss, Model
Small: Such lifestyle factors such as cigarette smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, little physical activity and
Gro Harlem Brundtland
"Such lifestyle factors such as cigarette smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, little physical activity and low dietary calcium intake are risk factors for osteoporosis as well as for many other non-communicable diseases"
Gro Harlem Brundtland, Politician
Small: When I was young, I kissed my first woman and smoked my first cigarette on the same day. Believe me, never sin
"When I was young, I kissed my first woman and smoked my first cigarette on the same day. Believe me, never since have I wasted any more time on tobacco"
Arturo Toscanini, Musician
Small: Last year in a historic move, the state of New York passed the very first cigarette fire safety standard
"Last year in a historic move, the state of New York passed the very first cigarette fire safety standard"
Ed Markey, Politician
Small: We can no longer tolerate losing one more innocent child or putting one more firefighter at risk in a fire tha
"We can no longer tolerate losing one more innocent child or putting one more firefighter at risk in a fire that could have been prevented at the cost of pennies by making a couple simple changes to the construction of a cigarette"
Ed Markey, Politician
Small: The focus on my appearance has really surprised me. Ive always been a size 14 to 16, I dont care about clothes
Adele
"The focus on my appearance has really surprised me. I've always been a size 14 to 16, I don't care about clothes, I'd rather spend my money on cigarettes and booze"
Adele, Musician
Small: Far too many times over the next 12 to 15 years, it was brought to my attention that people who followed my ex
"Far too many times over the next 12 to 15 years, it was brought to my attention that people who followed my exercise guidelines exactly but ignored their diet, their weight and their cigarette smoking had heart attacks at age 55"
Kenneth H. Cooper, Soldier
Small: Thats what I do... Some people smoke weed, some people smoke cigarettes, some people snort coke... I pop pills
"That's what I do... Some people smoke weed, some people smoke cigarettes, some people snort coke... I pop pills, I smoke and I drink syrup, that's my twist"
Beanie Sigel, Musician
Small: I have a punishing workout regimen. Every day I do 3 minutes on a treadmill, then I lie down, drink a glass of
"I have a punishing workout regimen. Every day I do 3 minutes on a treadmill, then I lie down, drink a glass of vodka and smoke a cigarette"
Anthony Hopkins, Actor
Small: I never smoked a cigarette until I was nine
H. L. Mencken
"I never smoked a cigarette until I was nine"
H. L. Mencken, Writer
Small: Fame is being asked to sign your autograph on the back of a cigarette packet
Billy Connolly
"Fame is being asked to sign your autograph on the back of a cigarette packet"
Billy Connolly, Comedian
Small: If somebody invented cigarettes today, the government would not legalize them
"If somebody invented cigarettes today, the government would not legalize them"
Loni Anderson, Actress
Small: Impotence is one of the major hazards of cigarette smoking
"Impotence is one of the major hazards of cigarette smoking"
Loni Anderson, Actress
Small: Listening to a news broadcast is like smoking a cigarette and crushing the butt in the ashtray
"Listening to a news broadcast is like smoking a cigarette and crushing the butt in the ashtray"
Milan Kundera, Writer
Small: I thought I couldnt afford to take her out and smoke as well. So I gave up cigarettes. Then I took her out and
"I thought I couldn't afford to take her out and smoke as well. So I gave up cigarettes. Then I took her out and one day I looked at her and thought: "Oh well," and I went back to smoking again, and that was better"
Benny Hill, Comedian
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